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From the J&C Archives: July 14, 2014

Jack Hobbs had it going real well for one round, then his putter quit. While he had it going he set a course record 35-33 — 68 — on Lafayette's New Municipal Golf Course, and that's four under par. He had seven birdies and three bogeys. Sunday his putter went sour. "I just couldn't get it to the hole," he said, "and had five three-putt greens, and that's five over 77." Hobbs took that 68-77 — 145 — and held it up for the medalist honors in the 41st annual Men's City tourney. Photo taken July 14, 1974.

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From the J&C Archives: July 14, 2014

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Jack Hobbs had it going real well for one round, then his putter quit. While he had it going he set a course record 35-33 — 68 — on Lafayette's New Municipal Golf Course, and that's four under par. He had seven birdies and three bogeys. Sunday his putter went sour. "I just couldn't get it to the hole," he said, "and had five three-putt greens, and that's five over 77." Hobbs took that 68-77 — 145 — and held it up for the medalist honors in the 41st annual Men's City tourney. Photo taken July 14, 1974.
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Dick Macy, owner of Mugg Electric in Lafayette, has done wiring at the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair for the past 29 years. This year he and his associates have seven tents to get ready for the anual event. Photo taken July 14, 1994.
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Frances Hagarty puts the finishing touches on the Lafayette skyline underneath the 18th Street bridge on Ferry Street. Hegarty and her Sunnyside Middle School classmates will dedicate the mural upon completion. Photo taken July 14, 1994.
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Ken Jones, his son, Patrick, 11, and wife, Marian, watch as their home burns in the Highland Park Neighborhood. Photo taken July 14, 1994.
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Pastor David French rings the bells at St. James Lutheran Church, one of several Lafayette-area churches that still uses its bells to call members to worship. Photo taken July 14, 1994.
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Rochelle Austin-Hullinger, right, left work to be with her daughter, Elizabeth, 3. Now she is back in the workforce and sometimes takes her daughter with her. Photo taken July 14, 1994.
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This group of Lafayette Generals is shown in a recent practice session hard at work in preparation for the upcoming National Amateur Football League season. The Generals open their third season of competition at home agains the Indianapolis Bears. Photo taken July 15, 1974.
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Loeb Stadium, built in 1940 for $50,000, continues to serve the baseball community in and around Lafayette. Photo taken July 15, 1994.
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Ken Runkle's basement doubles as a museum to his collection of antique tools. Photo taken July 15, 1994.
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Catherine Raso, right, and Diane Gentry, left, are two of the three girls who received First Class awards from Cadette Troop 148, sponsored by Grace United Methodist Church. Photo taken July 17, 1974.
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Winners and runners-up in the 77-member Lafayette Country Club Youth Golf program are, left to right , Brad Shumate, first, and Dave Riggs, second, for Intermediates in front row; Kevin Helmkamp, second for Beginners; Steve Riggs, second for Juniors; John Thieme, first for Juniors and Mark Castell, first for Beginners, standing. Photo taken July 17, 1974.
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Dorothy Hoffman works on her fourth afghan. Hoffman picked up the hobby after an automobile accident put her in casts for months. Photo taken July 17, 1974.
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The forces of good triumph over evil this weekend at Ft. Ouiatenon, as the Tippecanoe Players present, "She's Only A Farmer's Daughter." Shown above are cast members Jan Dorn as Millie, Stewart Lauterbach, in background, as Osgood, and Bob Sanders Jr. playing Mulberry. Photo taken July 17, 1974.
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Mayflower students make a base for an electrical project during the school's science fair. Photo taken July 17, 1974.
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Jim Martin, left, and his son Trystan paint the large fiberglass rooster that looks out over Indiana 28 as it enters Attica from the east. The bird has been perched on top Wheeler's Family Dining since 1963, when former owner Wayne Wheeler purchased the fixture while in California on vacation. Photo taken July 17, 1984.
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Jerrica Freed, 5, of West Point, tries to squeeze a few more inches out of her legs during competition in the 4-H Fair Kiddie Tractor Pull at the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fairgrounds. Photo taken July 17, 1994.
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Versatile Bobcat front-loaders are battering interior walls of the old Fowler Hotel in conversion of the 60-year-old structure into an apartment building. In the rehabilitation project, the tile-plaster walls will be replaced with wood stud-drywall partitioning. Joe Montgomery, Sheehan Construction superintendent of the project, said, "We are running about a week ahead of schedule." The apartments are to be ready for occupancy by next June. Photo taken July 18, 1974.
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Ryan Sipple, 14, won a 4-H renovation award this year for improvements to his parents home. Photo taken July 18, 1994.
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Columbian Park, now a many-sided recreation center, still shows aspects of its original landscaping project. Photo taken July 18, 1994.
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Mac Percival, with sign, veteran Chicago Bear punter, and tackle Willie Holman, members of the striking National Football League Players Association, walk the picket line outside the Bears' training camp at Rensselaer. The NFLPA strike is in its third week. The players list "freedom issues" among their demands from the owners. In the background are rookies and free agents who are working out daily at St. Joseph's College. Photo taken July 19, 1974.
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From the old bus barn at Ninth and Ferry streets to a new $781,000 building on Canal Road, Lafayette's buses have come a long way. Now they have a large enclosed room in which to spend the night, an automatic washer, and modern maintenance facilities to keep them happy and running. Photo taken July 19, 1974.
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West Lafayette Police officer H.A. Dodd interviews Donnie Jones, foreground, an attendant at the Village Phillips 66 service station, which was robbed by an armed man. The robber walked away with an unknown amount of cash and cigarettes. A Lafayette Police Department K-9 unit searched unsuccessfully for the man who robbed the station at State and Pierce streets at 2:52 p.m. Photo taken July 19, 1984.
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Nine-year-old Ronnie Moser, top, wanted a swimming pool in his back yard. His mother went him one better and bought him a metal livestock watering tank. It seems the tank is deeper and stronger than your basic yard pool, even though it may be a little difficult to swim laps. Moser was joined in his pool at 1800 Meharry St. by 3-year-old Jennifer Plant. Photo taken July 19, 1984.
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The Mulberry Railroad Depot, more than 100 years old, came down under a blade of a bulldozer owned by Pope Excavating Co. of Frankfort. Built in the late 1870s, the wooden station was closed in 1969, and vandals and weathering had turned it into a wreck. It served the Lake Erie, Nickel Plate and Norfolk & Western railroads in its long history. The last passenger train came through Mulberry on March 20, 1951. Photo taken July 19, 1984.
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Jim Fain tests his steam locomotive, modeled to scale after a C&O, F19 Pacific Locomotive, which used to whistle past his home as a boy in Louisville, Ky. It took Fain 16 years to build the train, but it was a labor of love. On the train in the background from left to right is Jason Exmeyer, 5, Karla Robinson, 5, and Christina Swisher, 7. Photo taken July 19, 1984.
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Lafayette parks employee Jim Spencer welds iron rods together on what will be a roof over Lafayette's horseshoe pits off Canal Road. When completed, the roof will cover half of the Greater Lafayette Area Horseshoe Club's 24 pits. Workers are rushing to complete the job for the state horseshoe championships Labor Day weekend. Photo taken July 19, 1984.
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Karina Vazquez, 13, of Lafayette stuffs a parachute into her model rocket to be launched at Space Camp. Photo taken July 19, 1994.
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The idea for the Sidewalk Art Challenge came from Megan Cooperider, 4, and Zane Cooperider, 2, who love to draw on the pavement. Their father, Jay, took the idea of a fundraiser contest to the Crisis Center. Photo taken July 19, 1994.
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Jack Hobbs had it going real well for one round, then his putter quit. While he had it going he set a course record 35-33 — 68 — on Lafayette's New Municipal Golf Course, and that's four under par. He had seven birdies and three bogeys. Sunday his putter went sour. "I just couldn't get it to the hole," he said, "and had five three-putt greens, and that's five over 77." Hobbs took that 68-77 — 145 — and held it up for the medalist honors in the 41st annual Men's City tourney. Photo taken July 14, 1974.
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